Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com
Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com
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60 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BnLi-. 165<br />
This division goes back to the entrance <strong>of</strong> the Indians into the world when the<br />
Wef'da (Real) Spirit, having created people, sent them on different paths. He<br />
stood with arms folded <strong>and</strong> spoke to one group after another, so that each understood,<br />
<strong>and</strong> said "This is a beautiful world, full <strong>of</strong> game <strong>and</strong> with plenty <strong>of</strong> rain.<br />
The rain gods will travel everywhere <strong>and</strong> take care <strong>of</strong> you." He spoke to one<br />
group which answered "We like that" <strong>and</strong> then he spoke to the next group.<br />
Each understood its instructions <strong>and</strong> then they went on different paths. Each<br />
group has its own ceremonies. Among the instructions given to the <strong>Isleta</strong> people<br />
was the hunting custom <strong>and</strong> its ceremony. In all the ceremonies it is required<br />
that there be the products <strong>of</strong> nature, such as meat, corn, flowers <strong>and</strong> shells, to<br />
<strong>com</strong>plete the purpose <strong>of</strong> the ceremony. In summer the desert is in bloom <strong>and</strong><br />
the medicine men gather the flowers which they dry <strong>and</strong> powder, ready for ceremonial<br />
use in the winter.<br />
CORN-GRINDING SONGS<br />
In the early morning the women at <strong>Isleta</strong> grind the corn for household<br />
use. They sing at their work, <strong>and</strong> if some <strong>of</strong> the men are near<br />
they may join in the singing. As the women look at the rising sun<br />
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they think <strong>of</strong> what may <strong>com</strong>e to their people in the new day.<br />
interpreter said, "The sun brings human lives to the earth <strong>and</strong> also<br />
The Great Spirit tells him what to do."<br />
takes them away.<br />
No. 41.<br />
The <strong>com</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> the sun<br />
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